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Accra, Tema, Kasoa, Kumasi, On Lockdown: See Full List Of Places And Details
Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo finally puts parts of the country on Lockdown after numerous calls by concerned citizens.
Akufo-Addo on Friday night, March 27, at 11:00PM held his 4th “Address To The Nation” where he spoke more about the current crises, the outbreak of the deadly CoronaVirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and measures he and his government are taking to ensure that the spread of the disease become contained.
The president Agreed to finally put some part of the country on Lockdown, Greater Accra Region and Kumasi. targeted are; Accra, Tema, Kasoa, Kumasi, Obuasi. As these places are the places hit more with the virus.
According to Akufo-Addo, this lockdown protocol was initiated in other to help speed up the process of contact tracing, (people who have come in contact with persons who tested positive fir COVID-19).
This Lockdown is expected to last fir about two (2) weeks subject to review. See Below the full list of areas which will be affected by the lockdown which will be taken effect on Monday, 30th March 2020, at exactly 12:00AM.
Greater Accra Areas:
Accra Metropolis
Tema Metropolis
Tema West
Kpone Katamanso
Krowor
Ledzokuku
Adentan
Ashiaman
La Nkwantanang Madina
La Dade Kotopon
Okaikwei North
Ablekuma North
Ablekuma West
Ablekuma Central
Ayawaso East
Ayawaso North
Ayawaso West
Ayawaso Central
Ga North
Ga West
Ga South
Ga Central
Ga East
Korle-Klottey
Weija/Gbawe
Awutu Senya East
Kumasi Metropolitan Areas:
Asokwa
Suame
Old Tafo
Oforikrom
Asokore Mampong
Kwadaso
Atwima Nwabiagya
Kwabre East
Ejisu
Afigya-Kwabre South
Bosomtwe
Atwima Kwanwoma
Atwima Nwabiagya North
The president then adviced each and everyone in the above mentioned areas to stay home for the next two weeks and that you are only entitled to go out when you are to get essential items such as food, water, medicine, undertake banking transactions, or to use public toilet facilities. Anything aside these mentioned is out.
There shal l be, during this period, no inter-city movement of vehicles and aircraft for private or commercial purposes for the areas of the restrictive measures, except for vehicles and aircrafts providing essential services and those carrying cargo.
Riders of motorbikes are not allowed to carry any additional person, and all intra-city passenger vehicles, such as trotros and taxis, must reduce the number of passengers in order to observe appropriate social distancing and hygiene protocols.
All commercial vehicle stations shall observe appropriate hygiene protocols and social distancing.
Individuals and institutions providing the following services shall be exempted from the restrictions:
Members of the Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary
Production, distribution and marketing of food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, medicine, paper and plastic packages.
Environmental and sanitation activities
VALCO staff
Road and Railway
construction workers
Mining workers
Fisherfolk
Members of the security agencies assigned lawful duties
The staff of electricity, water, telecommunications, e-commerce and digital service providers
Fuel stations staff.
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Fares will be automatically adjusted against the increase in fuel prices – GPRTU (See Details)
Fares will be automatically adjusted against the increase in fuel prices – GPRTU (See Details)
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has announced that prices will automatically be adjusted whenever petrol prices increase by 10%.
The union says a 15% increase in transportation costs will be repeated whenever fuel prices reach 10%.
Richard Yaw Amankwah, GPRTU’s Deputy Secretary-General for Operations, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the union’s decision to estimate transportation costs and fuel prices was intended to benefit the industry.
“We have said that whenever the cost of petrol increases by 10% or more, we will increase fares,” he said.
“We are still looking at the cost. We are just wasting our time. “The same amount will be spent on travel expenses when it reaches 10%,” he told GNA.
On March 1, 2022, the prices of the previous petrol and diesel pump prices increased by 30 liters per liter, to GHC 8.20.
Some market experts predict that if nothing is done to reduce the cedi value of the dollar against the dollar, petrol prices could rise to GHC9.0 a liter.
The price volatility of petroleum products is due to the continued increase of Brent Crude in international markets.
The Institute for Energy Security (IES) predicted a 4% increase in petrol and diesel prices this week, citing cedi performance against the dollar as a major factor.
The IES has ruled that cedi is down 4.11 percent to close GHC6.85 to the dollar in the previous price window.
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) also predicts that prices for petrol, diesel and LPG by 4.6%, 3.4% and 2.5% will increase by 2.5% from March 1, 2022.
In the First Price Window of March 2022, it predicted that petrol and diesel would be GHC8.190 a liter and LPG would be GHC9.163 per kilogram.
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